virtualbox kernal ???

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#1

virtuabox starts up ok… But soon as it starts to load or install a OS… I get a message

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Re-setup the kernel module by executing ‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’ as root.
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).

So I did the ‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged. done
Starting VirtualBox kernel module failed
(modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use ‘dmesg’ to find out why)

I do dmesg…

VMware memory control driver initialized
vmmemctl: started kernel thread pid=3277
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel

So any tips ??

#2

I’ve gotten this before. I forget what I did, but I might have opened up yast and installed kernel-sources.

#3

sirscott43 schrieb:
> virtuabox starts up ok… But soon as it starts to load or install a OS…
> I get a message
>
> VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was
> either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason.
> Re-setup the kernel module by executing ‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’ as
> root.
> VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).
>
> So I did the ‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’
>
> /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
> Stopping VirtualBox kernel module
> done
> Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged.
> done
> Starting VirtualBox kernel module
> failed

It seems you have installed the openSUSE RPM of VirtualBox which has
been crippled so you cannot recompile the kernel driver module.
There are two possible solutions:
a) Install the VirtualBox kernel module RPM (virtualbox-kmp-*)
matching exactly your kernel version. This is of course only
possible if you are running a SUSE kernel.
b) Remove the crippled openSUSE version and install the VirtualBox
RPM you can download from Sun instead. You’ll also have to install
the C development tools (gcc, make, …) and kernel sources
(package “kernel-source” if you are running the openSUSE kernel)
but you can then recompile the VirtualBox module whenever you need.

HTH
T.